Exploring Spanglish: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Its Representation in Written Literary Texts (A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS)Stojkoski, Stefan (Avtor) Currie, Oliver (Mentor) Pihler Ciglič, Barbara (Mentor) Spanglishbilingual communitiescode-switchingliterary analysislinguistic creativityThis master's thesis explores Spanglish, a blend of English and Spanish, as a linguistic phenomenon that reflects the cultural identities of bilingual communities, especially in the United States. It also investigates the historical emergence, sociolinguistic significance, and literary representation of Spanglish. By analysing a corpus based on the level and manners of English and Spanish mixing in various texts, including five children's literary works and novels such as Solito (2022), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), Yo-Yo Boing! (1998), and the Spanglish translation Alicia's Adventuras en Wonderlandia: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Spanglish (2021), the study examines language mixing practices and challenges existing typologies. The findings highlight the need for a flexible framework that accommodates authorial creativity, writing choices, and the variability of Spanglish, offering new perspectives on the evolving linguistic and cultural landscapes of bilingual communities.20242024-09-30 08:15:54Magistrsko delo/naloga162938VisID: 556758COBISS_ID: 209622019sl